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The Ancient Parish of AINDERBY STEEPLE
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"AINDERBY STEEPLE, a parish in the wapentake of Gilling East, and liberty of Richmondshire; 3 miles WSW. of Northallerton. A parochial village, the church of which is dedicated to St. Helen (see Churches for photograph), in the deanry of Richmond, diocese of Chester. The living is a vicarage, in the patronage of the King; incumbent the Rev. James Robson, A. M, Population, 266.""FAIRHOLME, in the parish of Ainderby Steeple, wapentake of Gilling East and liberty of Richmondshire ; 1½ miles SSW. of Ainderby Steeple, 5 miles from Northallerton."
"LOW SOBER, in the township of Warlaby, in the parish of Ainderby Steeple, wapentake of Gilling East, and liberty of Richmondshire; 1½ miles SSE. of Ainderby Steeple, 4 miles SSW. of Northallerton. It is a single house and extensive Nursery-Grounds, the property of Mr. Meek."
"MORTON UPON SWALE, in the parish of Ainderby Steeple, wapentake of Gilling East and liberty of Richmondshire; ½ mile WSW. of Ainderby Steeple, 4 miles WSW. of Northallerton. Population, 210."
"SOBER HILL, 2 farm houses in the parish of Ainderby Steeple, wapentake of Gilling East, and liberty of Richmondshire ; 2 miles SE. of Ainderby Steeple, 4 miles S. of Northallerton."
"SWALE FIELD, a farm house in the township of Morton-upon-Swale, and parish of Ainderby-Steeple; 1¼ miles WSW. of Ainderby Steeple, 4 miles from Northallerton and Bedale."
"THRINTOFT, in the parish of Ainderby Steeple, wapentake of Gilling East, and liberty of Richmondshire; 1 mile NW. of Ainderby Steeple, 4 miles W. of Northallerton. Pop. 165."
"WARLABY, in the parish of Ainderby Steeple, wapentake of Gilling East, and liberty of Richmondshire; 1 mile ESE. of Ainderby Steeple, 2½ miles SSW. of Northallerton. Pop. 97."
[Description(s) edited mainly from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson. ©2010]
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- Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- St. Helen's Church, Ainderby Steeple (view 1). (With short history). (The Church's website is here.)
- Internal view looking down the aisle
- St. Helen's Church, Ainderby Steeple (view 2).
- The former Methodist Chapel, Northallerton, founded in 1815. (With short history).
- The former United Methodist Free Church, Morton on Swale, founded in 1879, now an antique dealers. (With short history).
- The former Chapel of unknown denomination, Thrintoft.
- St. Helen's Church, Ainderby Steeple (view 1). (With short history). (The Church's website is here.)
- Transcript of the entry for Ainderby Steeple in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Ainderby Steeple.
- The List of Incumbents of St. Helen's Church, Ainderby Steeple.
- The World War I and II Memorial in the Churchyard at Ainderby Steeple.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory of 1823, of the North Riding.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Bulmers Directory of 1890. of the North Riding.
- There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Bulmer's 1890 History and Directory of the North Riding.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Ainderby Steeple to another place.
- For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
- For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
- For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
- Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SE334921 (Lat/Lon: 54.323392, -1.48799), Ainderby Steeple which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- The 1914-1918 Roll of Honour in St. Helen's Church, Ainderby Steeple.
- The 1914-1918 Memorial Plaque in St. Helen's Church, Ainderby Steeple.
- The 1914-18 and 1939-45 War Memorial in St. Helen's Churchyard
- This parish is covered by the following Society: